The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-20
P0STMASTERS NAMED.
wrILsuuno AND MouNDsv1LLH
M,u who Oct Thsrs-BsnsAtioh In the
Cameron Fight-C Charges Against orav.
ford-wsst virginia Democrats
Uouneed-Our Young Leaders. TN

S.et1l DlpateA 10 Rt hitlli'e'eer. .g
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 19.-The post.
of;cs contests from Wsllsburg and
Moupdsyillo were settled Saturday In tho
Pu,.Oliics Department, and tho President
to-day son. In she nAmeu Of the uucceaslul
e,ptlls,es-WilIam p. Campbell Tor
well,burg, and Charles r. Oldham for
Moupdsyille. Tho latter 10 editor Of tho
Monpasyille Siett, and member Of tho
Democratic State Committee. Ho was a
Camden Democrat. E-
There WA quite sensational turn To-
day In the Cameron poa.ollice fight. John
Crawford hsd boon selected ior the place
over Z. r. Richardson and Robert Kin.
csld mud bis name was 10 have gone In
with the others, when charges arrived At
tho Department affecting the moral char
ac,sr oil Mr. Crawford, and It was decided
10 Withhold his name. The charsco relate
10 seduction and arc SO rerious that Craw.
ford will not receive the appointment.
The con!cr. now rests between the other
two. sI
Awgsr VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT BOUNCED.
Tom Kellar, oil Hampshire county, who
has been the policeman for West Virginia
at the Capitol for about si1 years, was to.
day notified thss he would be bounced en-
ths lu. o. January. Mr.. Ksllar was ap-
on Hon. B. +. Martins aud Senator DAvIs'
recommendation. have heard 1t eald
that Mr.. Kellsr waa lukevarm In his sup.
porl Of Mr., Camden last winter and rather
leaned to the side Of tho k!ekers, though
It Ia rot charged that this has anything 10
do With the D6uuce.
Mr. George Chiffon. uncle Of Senator
KennA's Law partner, and an Bppoln,es Of
Representative Snyder, will probably soon
have 10 vIcate his placs 20 Superintendent
Of Document Room, Honee end. Mr..
Chiffon Is from kanawha. Tho bounce.
ment Of ex.De!syste Robiua,n, Of Wood
county, from the billet Of Messenger 10
Serre:nt.a,.Armu Leetom Was alec con.
ttmplsted, bot tho report among tho West
Virginia rars tonight Is that ex-senator
Camden will eave him. Mr.. Camden is
on Col. Leedon's bond, md la In a pcai-
tion to 10 ipi!rSnt:al. The ex-senator
wSa at tho Capitol to-day and was most
cordially received.
Yesterdays Washington Capital hl the
following to cay oi Bome ot
WEST viEdl.lAs YouSd MEN. @
"The wilderness on edge, known on the
msp ca Wet Virgins, Is noted among
c,he. things 10, Lie disposition to send It's
young ,uen to the front. Charles Jameu
Faulkner, Tie rev Senator from that
State, who waa tworn In last Wednesday,
Is the youngest member ol tho Senate.
with the reception ti John kenna, West
Virginia's o;herSenator, who Is with but
one Exception the youngeet man who ever
took the oath Of office as Senator. There
Ia oaly difference OF Fix months in the
age oi the two West Virginia Senators, +,
and II ons were 10. tho youngtet member
the othe. would be. Both are forty. It
is Interesting TO 1ote also that the pair Of
sens,ois from the mother State, Virgins,
are EEK. 10 The West Virginia Senators
the yourgts. in the body, with the excep- /:
tior ouly CT Mr. Spoorer, oi Wisconsin.
TuE YOUNGEST BIsHor.
"Coming back to the youthful public
men from the mountain wilderness, It
may be msrtloned that tho Very Rev.
John J. Kair, Catholic Bishop ol the Dio.
cese o. West Virginia, was the youngest
bshop in Ito Catholic church at the time
OF bis advancement. he was thon SO. In
Rabrrrnnt nt.tI Nathar fsoR Tnl L.
yourgest nan in the volunteer army 10
reach the rank Of b!iksdier general. GoH
VISA b,igadley-srd gallant ono too-at
q. In Gto!so Wesley Atkinson, OF
Wtselirg, who will probably be next
yes,'s Republican candidate for Governor
Of bis State. and who has been practically
for yeasa the Republican boes in the wild.
ca. politics Of his wilderness, is found the
youpgers man in the United S.atea who
eve, filed the chair Of State Grand MISTER
Of Masons. Atkinson was a grand
master q. 81. lie xaa educated for q
Methodist preacher, but though rattling
stump ctsior, he didn't teke kindly to ser-
mon:zirg, and left tho pulpit for Journal
lem and po,itice. HH Ia ahouter and orator
ot tho DGry Creckett order, and is very
good man to boot-so come Of the Dsmo.
Gratis 0! the wilderneaa think, at least.
JOE NlLLER's BIaSEss. -
"E. W. Wilson-whom everybody In the
wilderness, without disrespect or preju.
dice, calls East Wind Wilson'S ono OF
tho youngest governors in the United
S.s!ea 10 day. East Wind Is about l3, and
can como Ra near carrying water on both
shoulders eH any man in the wilderness,
notwithstanding that he Is an aggressive
fighter and hard hitter In politics, Joe
Miller, *ho comea from the lower end OF